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Definition of high muck-a-muck in English: high muck-a-muck(also high muckety-muck) noun North American informal A person in a position of authority, especially one who is overbearing or conceited. 〈北美，非正式〉（尤指傲慢自负的）大人物，大亨 a high muck-a-muck at the CIA Example sentencesExamples - I'm lunching with Josh Jones, one of the high muck-a-mucks of Dreamhost, the company that hosts this website on its massive servers.
- He also was the son of a high muck-a-muck in the Nixon administration so he could have had info to pass on before he got his job in the White House.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, leading light, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Chinook hiyu 'plenty' + muckamuck 'food', from Nootka ḥayo 'ten' + ma˙ho˙maq- 'choice wheatmeal', with high substituted for hiyu. Definition of high muck-a-muck in US English: high muck-a-muck(also high muckety-muck) nounˌhī ˈməkəˌmək North American informal A person in a position of authority, especially one who is overbearing or conceited. 〈北美，非正式〉（尤指傲慢自负的）大人物，大亨 he was once a high muckety-muck at the CIA Example sentencesExamples - He also was the son of a high muck-a-muck in the Nixon administration so he could have had info to pass on before he got his job in the White House.
- I'm lunching with Josh Jones, one of the high muck-a-mucks of Dreamhost, the company that hosts this website on its massive servers.
Synonyms celebrity, famous person, very important person, personality, name, big name, famous name, household name, star, superstar, celebutante, leading light, mogul, giant, great, master, king, guru
OriginMid 19th century: perhaps from Chinook hiyu ‘plenty’ + muckamuck ‘food’, from Nootka ḥayo ‘ten’ + ma˙ho˙maq- ‘choice wheatmeal’, with high substituted for hiyu. |